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LATHER BRUSH Filed June 13, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY Sept. 6, 1932. w. A. DILLON 1,875,426

LATHER BRUSH Filed June 15, 1.951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR- ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 6, 1932 UNITED" STATES wrinilm a DILLON, or SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA Y :LATHER BRUSH Application filed June '13, 1931. Serial nolsnpes.

Thisinvention relates to lather or what are known as fountain brushes, and particularly to a brush of this general character used in connection with shaving. Various types of 8 such brushes have been designed and tried patent out, one example being shown in the of myself and C. W. Weingand No. 1,762,616

dated June 10,1930; but as far as I am aware r, all'these prior brushes feed the cream into the center of the brushat the base of the bristles. With such anarrangement however there is a great waste of the cream, since it is not transferred onto the face until it has M reached the outer end ofthe bristles, while 13 the amount of cream actually dispensed and which if not used must be cleaned out when the brush is washed, is much greater than that necessary for a single shave. There is also of course the possibility that if the brush is not thoroughlycleaned a certain amount of cream at the base of the bristles will harden and cake; o

The principal obj ect'of my present invention is to avoid this objectionable feature by arranging for the dispensing of the cream -directly to the outside of the bristle area; and to provide an element to receive the creamthus dispensed so arranged that the cream may be directly transferred to the face in an easy and convenient manner. 7

A further object of the invention is to provide a brush of this general character in which the bristles are removablymounted as a unit from the body or handle portionso that said bristles may be replaced without having to purchase an entire brush. As a further object I have provided a handle momher which may be removably' applied to the body of the brush instead of the cream holding tube if desired, so that the brush can be used in the same manner as an ordinary brush. i These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

*Fig. 1 is a perspective View ofmy improved .spective'view of the tube. Fig. 9 is a per spective outline of the brush showing the de brush. "Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a pers ective view of the bristle unit detached. ig. 41s a top plan view of thebody of the brushwith the bristle unit removed. F ig. 5 is a perspective view of the flexible flap detached. Fig. 6 is a cross section of the body taken on the line of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the cream tube. Fig.8 isa fragmentary per tachable handle memberengaged therewith.

According to the numerals on the drawings 1 denotes'thebody of'the brush of substantially conventional'shape, which isprovided at its lower end with a bore 2 which terminates at the bottom in an outwardly flaring portion 3. A conduit 4 extends upwardly from the bore and at its upper end leads to an outlet in one side of a cylinder 5 which ismounted lengthwise in the body toward one side. of the same and extends to the top thereof. A spring pressed plunger 6 in the cylinder normally covers the outlet of the conduit. Said plunger is connected below the cylinder toa finger trigger 7 which is movable in a verticle slot S in the body. The top of the cylinder is inwardly leveled as shown to form a sealing seat with the adj acent end of the plunger, to prevent possible leakage of air past the plunger and drying out of the cream at the conduit outlet.

Formed in the top of the body is a socket 9 disposed to one side of the cylinder, the edge A of the socket adjacent the cylinder being of relatively great curvature as shown. Shaped to removably fit' in the socket is a base member 10 in which the bristles 11 are mountedin the usual way. The edge of the base member which is symmetrical to the edge A of the socket is spaced sufliciently therefrom to receive the lower edge of a flap 12 therein. This flap is preferably of smooth flexible rubber, narrowing to a feather edge'at the top. The flap is of lesser height than the bristles and at the top is preferably out in the form of a number of'short fingers 13 so as to increase its flexibility along the top. Theflap being held in a concave position across its base, is kept in a relatively-rigid condition, without its desired flexibility at its outer end being impaired. Since it is desirable'to have the conduit discharge into the cylinder 5 toward the top of thesame, said conduit cuts across the socket as shown and the base member 10 and the bottom of the flap are therefore recessed to avoid this portion of the'conduit.

Especially made to cooperate with the body is a collapsible tube 14 containing the cream etc. to be dispensed onto the brush.

- bore 2 to abut against the top of the same and thus communicate with the adjacent end of the conduit. Intermediate its ends the neck is provided with circumferentially spaced screw flanges 17 adapted to fit the bore and to pass by similar cooperating flanges 18 projecting inwardly from the bore. These flanges are arranged so that when the neck flanges have been projected past and above the bore flanges by a longitudinal movement between the body and tube, and the one is then rotated relative to the other, the outer end of the neck will be brought into firm contact with the body at the bottom of the conduit.

Means to insure only a tube of the proper cooperating nature being used with the brush is provided in the form of a groove 19 cut from top to bottom of one ofthe flanges 17, and a lug 20 projecting inwardly from the bore between the flanges 18. In this manner atube to be inserted and properly engaged with-the body must have a flange-groove before its flanges can pass into position above those of the bore.

. In-caseit is desired to use the brush without the tube and the self-feeding feature, 1 provide a handle member 21 of the same diameter as the tube and with a stem'22 the same size as the tube neck. This stem is provided with screw flanges 23 the same as the tube flanges 17, so that said stem may be detachably connected to the body 1 in the same manner as the tube.

In operation to dispense cream from the tube, the trigger 7 is depressed to likewise depress the plunger clear of the conduit outlet, while at the same time the tube is squeezed. The cream is thus exuded from the conduit past the plunger and onto the flap in the form of a small ribbon, to a length determined by the user to be sufficient for the plunger is released and whatever cream remains in the cylinder between the conduit and the outer end of said cylinder will be also ejected onto the flap, and said cylinder will be cleaned and sealed against the admission of air to the adjacent end of the conduit. The flap is then wiped against the faceto transfer the cream thereto, which is then brought to a lather by applying the brush to the face in the usual manner. The flexibility and relative shortness of the flap avoids any interference-of the same with the movement of the bristles as the brush is worked over the face.

Only as much cream as is actually needed may thus be dispensed from the tube, and all such cream may be easily and conveniently transferred to the face. 7

From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein. 1

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

j Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A lather brush comprising a'body member, bristles projecting upwardly fromone end thereof, means on the other end of the body for connection to a cream holding tube, a cream dispensing conduit leading through the body to provide communication between the tube and the-exterior of the body at the same end as and to the outside'of the bristles, and a substantially flat non-porous element mounted in connection with. but separate from the bristles and body between thebristles and outer end of the conduit and on which cream exuding from the conduit is initially received.

v 2. A structure as in claim 1, in which said element is in the form of a flexible flap extending lengthwise of the bristles from the base of the same and of greater width than the conduit outlet.

v3. A structure as in claim 1, in which said element isin the form of a flexible flap extending lengthwise of the bristles from the base of the same and of greater width than the conduit outlet, the flap being tapered to be relatively thin at its outer end and being bent at its-base so as to have a concave curvature in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the body.

4. A lather brush comprising a body hav: inga socket in one end, aholder to removably fit in said socket, bristles mounted in said holder; a portion of the peripher of the socket and the corresponding perip cry of the holder having a concave curvature relative to the exterior contour of the body and said curved portions being spaced apart, and a flexible flap removably wedged at its base end between the concave surfaces of the socket and holder and extending alongside the adjacent bristles.

5. A lather brush comprising a body, bristles projecting from one end of the same, and a flexible flap to initially receive creammounted in connection with the body and bristles to one side of the latter and projecting lengthwise of and against the adjacent ones of said bristles. r

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM A. DILLON. 

